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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30
Earthquake Theories.

A Cambridge gentleman, who was q
member of the old Association Of Ameri.
can Biologists and Naturalists, has
shown US a fund of. interesting data in
regard to earthquakes, in which, after
numerous citations of the immense dis
tances over which certain famous earth
quakes have been felt, he gives an ex-
PLANTATION by Gay-Lussac Of the manner
In which particles Of . solid mass Of
matter are shaken, which will be ap-
preciated by every school boy who has
seen the experiment with a row of ivory
balls. the first Of which was struck BY
the teacher. with the result of knocking
away the ball at the other end, while
the intervening balls merely transmitted
the shock without moving themselves.
So. the shock, produced BY the head of
. pin upon n of the ends of q long
beam makes all its fbres vibrate and
transmits itself distinctly to the other
end to an attentive ear. According to
the law OF the transmission of move
ment in elastic bodies, one section Of
earth not being able to transmit it,
movements to adjoining sections, tends
to detach itself from the shaken mass in
the same manner as in the row of elias.
tic balls.
Hence the shocks originating Aug,
20 in Greece and Italy travelled under
the sea at the rate of 100 miles an hour,
and reached the eastern shores of the
United States on the night Of Sept 1.
Though perceptible In Boston they did
no damage upon these stern and rock.
bound coasts. But in the vicinity Of
Charleston and Summeryille, s. c.. the
upper strata Of thel earth being Of Q
softer and moro yielding nature, and
afording less resistance to the forward
movements Of the earth waves, the earth
crust was violently shaken and pushed
out OF place. Boston Advertsser.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30
When Baby was siok, W gave her Castoris,
When she was . Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss. she olung to Castoria,
When she had Childrsn, che eavs them Castoraa,
A Model Application
nnkota Rell.

The Sioux Falls Fire and Marine Life
Insurance company was organized this
week. One trouble with the life insur-
ance companies in the past has been the
great number Of unnecessary and trou-
blesome questions the applicant was
obliged to answer. This has been largely
done away with in this company's ap-
plication blank, a part of which we SUBJ
join F:
Give your full name at length, and
state if you contemplate going to Can
ada or changing it.
Were you eve in the legislature, and
il 80, have you reason to believe that the
attack will recur?
Have you ever been vaccinated, and
if so, was it fatal?
Give your wife's name.
Are you married or single?
Are you taking this insurance for
speculative purposes?
Have you YER had bronchitis, small.
pox, big-head, sore throat, lazlness, buck
fever, consumption or vigilance commit
tee? If so. state how fatal?
Are you insane?
Are you subject to attacks of spinal
meningitis. CHAMBERS or sunstroke?
Were you eyer in the army, and if
not, what pension do you draw?
Give your views at length on the ques-
ton of future punishment.
Have you ever removed for the bene-
fit Of your health, and if so. how far
ahead of the sheriff were you?
Have you ever committed suicide7
Are you addicted to splitting wood
under a clothes line, or do you let your
wife split the wood?
Do you understand that you must pay
a premium on this policy, and that its
amount will probably increase OH &C.
count of the interstate commerce law?
Do you work for q living, or run a
daily newspaper in a small town?
Were you W chewed by a mad dog !
Do you hereby agree to live fifteen
years and give the company a chance?
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30
Northern Montana.
Great Falls Tribune.

The rapid progress of the Manitoba
railroad westward, and the assurance
that it will have trains running to Great
Falls the present year, is a matter Of
deep interest to Northern Montana.
While Great Falls will be more directly
benefited by it than any other point in
the territory, vet its stimulating pres
ence will breathe new life into all of our
industries and hasten the development
of our varied resources. Montana is an
empire within herself, and is the maxi
ing Of n of the most prosperous and
wealthy states in the Union.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30
A Captains Fortunate Discovery.

Capt. Coleman, schr. Weymouth, ply
Ing between Atlantic City and New York,
he was unable to sleep, and was induced
to try DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption. It not only gave him instant
relief, but allayed the extreme soreness
In his breast. His children were SINH
larly affected and a single dose had the
same happy effect. DR.. Kings New Dis
covery is now the standard remedy in
Coleman household and on board of the
schooner, Free trial bottles of this ia
nous remed at Bennett q Horsman's
drug store.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30
fellow and my dear boy is all that you

and my dear boy is all that you
ever get"
"Now that the president has broken
the ice" said a well known Washington
ian the other day, " I suppose he will be
going to the theatre M a week ut the
least. In fact I think he ought to. There
Is nothing which will rest a ma so much
as going to the theatre. l heard Mr..
Lincoln once say when he was thorough
~ tagged out from the badgering of the
Office seekers and with the advice and
suggestions of people who thought they
knew how to run the government and
the army better than he did, that he
always went to the theatre and had a
good laugh" When President Cleve-
land was at the National theatre on
Wednesday night last he seemed to en-.
joy himself thoroughly.
The diplomatic world Of Washington
is a peculiar one. Any body who is q
diplomat is we'll received in society. In
fact, diplomats are courted by the social
world, and it is a very agreeable thing
to them, for your diplomat has little to
do except to indulge in this sort of thing.
The social world generally, however,
does not satisfy your average diplomat
for a very large portion of them find the
use of the English language a burden,
and they are very glad to have the op-
portunity Of meeting with those who
speak = language with which they are
more familiar. The result is that there
are u great many entertainments going
back and forth among the foreigners.
They all speak French Of couse and ap,
psrently enjoy these quiet entertain
ments of their own very much.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30

New York City every year appropri.
ates $4,000 for the relief of the blind
poor. A list of blind residents is kept
and a card sent to them when an ap-
preparation is made, when they 60 to the
office of the superintendent of outdoor
poor and receive their money. If any
of these pensioners behave badly after
remonstrance they are cut off from the
benefit of the appropriation for the
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30
ReneWs Her Youth.

Mrs. Phoebe Chesley, Peterson, Clay
Co., Iowa, tells the following remarkable
story, the truth Of which is vouched for
by the residents Of the town: II am 70
years old. have boon troubled with kid
ney complaint and lameness for many
years; could lot dress myself without
help. Now I am free from all pain and
soreness, and am able to do my own
homework. owe myfs,thanks to Elec-
trio Bitters for having renewed my
youth, and removed completely oil dis
ease and PAIN" Try a bottle, only so
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30
Rueklen,s Arnioa salxe.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands.
C%hllblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tons. and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price Is centsl per box. For sale by
Bennett q Herman.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30
NOT AN INVALID.
Difference Between Dakota and

Dlu0r0uC0 OhhOtd duO
Boston Banking.
Eugene Field in Chicago News.
Something I'VE a month ago q Boston
bank doing business In Milk street, in
the identical house where its worthy
founder, Joab Higginbotham first began
to trade and barter with the Pequod In
dams two centuries ago, had occasion to
send $1,000 to q bank in Huron, DaK.
In due course IF time the money was
returned less $40 which the cashier. of
the Dakota bank wrote had been deduct
ed as charges. Now the customary
charges ON Il collection of that amount
is not over sim fact, III the vicinity of
Chicago that amount IL frequently COL
lected and turned oyer for fifty cents.
The Boston bank was shook from foun-
dalton to attic, and the institution closed
an hour earlier than usual to allow the
directors to meet and hear the cashiers
story. A long discussion took place
which resulted in the cashiers being in
structed to write to the Huron bank
and induce it to mitigate Its charges.
Accordingly that official lighted the
Office candle, put a new nib upon his
quill pen, opened his ink horn and
wrote as neatly as his "a years and rheu-
matism would allow him, this letter:
"THEB BANK OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY, BosroS, March
7. 1887 = Dr.. Sir: Yr favour Of the Firft init. with lit
~encofure Of q draft for Nine Hundred and Ninety Dol
Lar, ,srf $4,000. came se. to hand t hlI day, and ndo the o,ae.rf 81
to call yr. attention to the amount you have deducted
for yr. commifion, viz: Ten Dollarf ($lV. I ana in.
fructed to respectfully fate that thif amount II largely
In excef Of the chargef ufually made for thif fervice.
In point Of fact, one dollar (Sl.O0) If all that we have
been In tho habit Of paying. Surmifng that perad-
venture fome error hat been made We beg leave to
Hoping that thif will receive ". immediate notice /
beg leave to fubfcribe myfelf VI. obdt. fsrvt,
Joan HIeGINBorHAM WINTHROP Smith,
"To G. Cheeky Blank, Efqre, Gather Claim Jumperf'
Bank, Huron, Dacotah Ty."
The directors adjourned for a week,
when they met again to hear the CASH
ier's report. He entered the meeting
very much agitated. Every director
raised his ear trumpet to his ear and lis
tened while the cashier read, in a voice
choked with emotion, a postal card
bearing this simple and characteristic
reply:
ave are not out here for our health. Yours,
| g, CHEDKY BLANK,
Cashier Claim Jumpers Bank, Huron, D. T"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30

Mrs. Laura c. Holloway, of Brooklyn,
according to the New York World is to
be associated with Miss Rose Cleveland
in her editorial labor.
Charts Of the Pleiades show, a. visible
to the direct eye, CPS stars. but the
photograph reveals 1,421.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30
Drunkenness, o. Liquor can b Cured By
adntsssseiaesDt,S1 niass I1oldsa specific.

aMab,eses0Bk0taa20 |6olde4lt specific.
1t can be givsnitn . cup OF ee6ee OF. tea with
out the knowledge Of tkeipefs0n taking 1t, IF.
iecting . speedy and permanent cure. whether
holic wreck. Thousands Of drunkards have
been made temperate men who have taken the
Golden Specific In their coffee without their
knowlsdge, andito-dsy believe they quit drink
ing ct their own free will. No harmful effect
results from ito administration. Cures guarsn-
teed. Send for circular and full particulars.
Addross In confidence GOLDEN SPECIFIC co.
rs Race st., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-04-30
Mean Another.
oorrespondencs Of tho Ix....ocrAx.l

he then."
"Our presidents" says All old WASH
ington CORRESPONDENT, " are blessed with
enough Of the ordinary humanity so as
to make their peculiarities noticeable"
Gen. Grant was known as the eternal
sphinx who was proof against the inter-
viewer, and yet, when with Il crowd Of
friends, he was not only chatty but re.
markably entertaining. His successor,
Hayes, was just the opposite in this
particular. He was all smiles, with a
tendency to the constant and meaning
less grin. No man ever went to him
who did not leave the presidential pres.
ence satisfied that his request would
be granted. But this was not the case.
Mr.. Hayes would say "all right" and
make a memorandum in his little note
book. Matt Carpenter once said :
"Hayes always makes a note of his
promises for fear he will keep one Of
them" Garfield was perhaps the most
successful gusher who yer sat in the
presidential chair. When n of his
old colleagues in the house would call
he would jump, grab him by the hand
and salute him as " old boy" and " my
dear fellow" always using the callers
first name. Ex-Congressman Hazelton
.remarking the difference in the manner
Of meeting callers between Arthur and
Garfield said he preferred the style Of
the former. He SAID in his plain, blunt
Wisconsin style: with Garfield it ID
told fellow and my dear boy, bat fold
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-12-17

One reason why cases terminate fatally
that al first were not believed to be SER
iOus is because patients neglect disease
in its first and faint attack. They wait
until the enemy is well into the citadel,
and then they find it very difficult to dis
lodge him. 1t is the height of folly to
treat illness as matter of small imports
ance, for We know not what may be de-
veloped. A man who has family to
support; woman who has children and
house to care form fact, no one who
thinks life is worth living yields to sick
ness until they feel that it is going to
get the best of them, and then is the time
for prompt, thorough and, effective
medicine. With Simmons Liver Regula>
tor you can always relieve and never do
harm. Little may be needed, but still
when you have simple and prompt as
sistance many dangerous forms of dis
ease may be arrested and removed at the
outset, for this is the time or chance
Simmons Liver Regulator should be kept
in every home ready for every emergency.
No home should be without 1t to arrest
disorders promptly, which, if not taken
IN season, often develop into serious dis
eases. 1t stimulates the torpid liver,
strengthens the digestive organs, regu.
lates the bowels, and Is nnequalled as an
anti bilious remedy. Give 1t fair tria
and it will no. only!rellevetbutI perman-
entity cure.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-12-17
The KING CT THE GUIDES.
He Contracts Runaway Marriage With Q
washinxton City Cir.


He Contracts Runaway Marriage with g
washisgton City Cir.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Dee 1L-Mr E Berry
Wall, Of New York, ex-king Of dudedom,
and Miss Salome Melbourne, Of Washington,
were married in Baltimore Friday evening
by the Rev. DIR. Hodges. of Saint Pauls P. Z.
church, at the parsonage. The bride is a
daughter OF Maj. Melbourne, an employee in
the war department Mr. Wall, Miss Mel
bourne and her mother arrived in Baltimore
Friday afternoon from New York and welt
to the St.. James hotel. Shortly after four
Mr.. Wall and Miss Melbourne emerged from
the hotel aud took a carriage, ostensibly for
drive to the park. Instead of
going to the park, however. they
turned the corner Of Center and Cathedral
streets and went to the Maryland club. Mr..
Wall alighted, entered the club, and asked
Mr.. Winslow Williams, friend, and a lead
ing society man, to act as bis best man. Mr..
Williams was taken by surprise, and said he
would take great pleasure in helping him
| out Both gentlemen then came out to the
| carriage, where Mr. Williams was intro
| duced to Miss Melbourne. the party pro
ceeded to the Office of the clerk of the court
OF common pleas to obtain a license
| 1t was then 8 O'Clock and the Office wat
closed. After much securing around, the
clerk was found and the license procured.
1t was O'Clock when the residence of DR..
Hodges was reached, who was as much sur
prised as Mr.. Williams had been, but he tiei
the knot in a short time, and the newl'' made
man and wife retired to the ST. James.
| 1t is learned that late Friday evening Mrs
Melbourne sent the following to her husband
in Washington: BERRY AMI Salome weE
out riding this afternoon, and returned maj
and wife. Suppose we will have to max,
the best of it."
Mr.. and Mrs Wall left for Washington
Friday night and are stopping at the Ehbit
he use in that cIty
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-12-17
Tur nroorec, now is that the decisive

THE prospect now is that the decisive
stand Blaine has taken in favor of abolish
ing the taxes upon tobacco and retaining
them upon the necessaries of life Will
cause a split in the republican party, es-
pecially in the west. The Chicago
Tribune. the most powerful organ of the
party in the whole country. openly re-
pudates this policy, and if the idea Is IN
corporated into the next republican
national platform the Tribune can hardly
support the ticket without stultlfylng 1T
self to humiliatiug extent. In TINS
position it will be supported by many
thousands of republicans throughout the
west who are unable to consider tobacco
any less luxury than beer or whisky
In fact il may well be doubted whether
the poor man, for whose welfare MT
Blaine mapifests 80 much solicitude, does
not extract fully as much, perhaps more,
comfort out OF his glass OF beer or whis'
kew as he does from his tobacco. BE
sides the tax upon tobacco is very light
and scarcely felt by the consumer. How
ever that may be, The proper articles up
Oh which the taxes should first be reduc'
ed or abolished are upon what all admit
to be necessities, such as food and cloth
inc
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-12-17

The recent retirement Of Mr.. Robert
Bonner. one of the few men IN this coun>
try who have achieved fame and acquired
fortune in the publication of Literary pa
pers, has revived interest in the methods
bv which be made the Ledger success.
A little less than fifty years age Bon
ner was an apprentice IN the composing
room of the Hartford Comnt and for
five years he was an insignificant factor
in the daily composition OF that then
rather humble journal, The average cirHu-
lation of which did not exceed 500 copies.
He looked upward, however, and in 1856
he transformed the .Hsrchants' Ledger, of
New York, comparatively unknown
trade journal into the Ledgsf. the family
paper now so well known throughout the
country.
1t is generally known that the great
agent in MIR. Bonuer's success was judc.
ions advertising. Had it not been for
the fact that he made the Ledger known
through other papers it would probably
have long struggled feebly to maintain its
very existence, no matter what its merits
were.
Mr. Bonner was an extensive advertis.
er. He was called an extrsvagant and
even reckless patron of the press. He
was neither extravagant nor reckless,
however He simply invested his money
where experience and observation had
taught him it would do the most good
He did not fritter away his slender means
in advertising in Cheap John newspapers
and hsnd>bills, but selected the very best
mediums. In them he would secure
space, no matter what the price was.
He put about all the money he had after
fitting up his little office into column
one time in the New York Herald, then
just acquiring national reputation. Ii
paid, and he increased the investment in
arithmeticsl progression, and it was not
long before the circulation Of the Ledge,
was so large that it was its own adyer.
tisement. He says he spent S25, 900 in
advertising the Ledger in other papers.
That it paid him hundred. even thous-
and per cent, no one who knows oil
Robert Bonner's remarkable career car
for q moment doubt.
BOnner's success as an advertiser is fal
from being an isolated instance. In every
city and town in the land there are mer
who have made fortunes by investments
in printers ink. 1t has come to be {
recognized fact thst judicious adyertis
ing always pays and that lnjudicious ad
vertising rarely brings any adequate re-
turn. The best advertising is that don,
in legitimate, established papers. Bonne
was one of the pioneers in extensive adj
vertising, and there are now men who
invest hundreds of thousands every yea
in reaching the people through the pub
lie press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-12-17
HARD ON THE EDITORS.
They VIII All Re Hanged When the An
archjsts Get the Upper Hand.

Ahoy WIN MI nc uhHEru INC An
archists Get the Upper Hand.
NEW YORK, Dec ia Lollon dispatch
to The World says: The English government
will be asked to take action against the pub
fishers of an Anarchist and revolutionary
periodical issued here The November mum.
Der contains articles melting and urging the
assassination of the authorities responsible
for the conviction and punishment of the
Chicago An archists or Mr. Bonfieid it says
"Bonfield, the bloody conspirator, shall ye
be bounded down and hanged. The lovers
of liberty and justice swear in the name o.
these murdered men that in you they vii
avenge their death"
On the next page 1t is Oglesby. who comes
in for denuncistion: ~He is guilty, the gov
ernor Of Illinois, who now, like cowardly
murderer that he is, skulks in the seclusior
of Springfield, hedged in by an army Of de
tectives, shivering with terror for fear Of th,
wild justice Of revenge which is certain t.
overtake him before long for his late bloody
work"
On page six Henry Seymour says: every
editor will be hanged when the Anarchist
get the upper hand"
There are twelve pages Of this kind of Ian
| guage, and in one and every one of them
there is sufficient matter to justify Grim
| inal prosecution.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-12-17
L0T0S FACE POWDER

For SALE BY THE FOLLOWING DRUGGISTS
Marshall & Fisher,
Hartz & Bahnssn,
and Frank Nader.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-12-17
TRANSFERS

l5-Andrew Lerch to Geiger Rein>
hardt, lot Z, block 81. lower addition,
Rock Island 5000.
l6-Sophy NJ. Morey to Levi s. Nc
Gable, pit lot IL, block F, Edgewood Park.
Rock Island. $40.
Chas. E. Case to Levi s. McCabe, ut
sw3, 81, 1S, 1w, $4,000.
Theo. Simmons to Paul Jain, WI set
2S, II, 3w. 81 800.
). " Il. b. Hatch to Peter King, pit e4
sw4 net, 2,,l6, 1w, $500.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-12-17

CHICAGO, Dec 1.-THE Rock Island road
gives notice that taking effect Dec. q, a
reduction of y per cent off full tariff rates
will be made on shipments Of lumber to be
used in the construction of corn-cribs, de-
stined to points on the line of this company
In Iowa and Missouri, east of, but not in
Guiding Missouri river points Also, that
when shipments of fruit and vegetables are
accompanied by stoves and lining, in order
to protect property from frost, the stoves
and lining will be returned free to point of
shipment on this line
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-12-17

CHARLES CITY. Ia, Dec i7.-Chester Bel
lows, who deliberately SHOT his cousin, Alice
Waterman, to death because she would not
marry him, was given his deserts Friday
He had been very defiant up to the time Of
execution and cursed very trayely, refusing
to see Clergyman, and Friday morning he
attempted to kill one of his guards But on
the scaffold he whined several times please
don't" and had to held up, he was so limp.
He declared II am innocent" and thus with
a lie on his lips he was shot into eternity.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-12-17

OTTAWA, Ont, Dec 17.-There il an IN.
certain feeling in political circles over the set
tlement Of Mormons in the Canadian north
west territories Fifty Mormon families
have already taken up land near Fort Nc.
Leod- The impression prevails here that the
new arrivals will not be molested The in.
PRODUCTION of such an element into Canada
will, however, be made the subject OF in.
quiries in parliament next month.